Isis Tyminski Perez is a Canadian DJ living in Sapporo. She loves the city's rich culture, food and nature. She shows us her big city and its laid back life!

Michael visits two rivers in the south of Ehime Prefecture - the Hiromi River and the Hiji River - and discovers the colorful culture and traditional customs in these areas.

Since prehistoric times, a religion of nature worship has been practiced in the mountains of the Kii Peninsula, in Western Japan. The network of pilgrim routes is known as the Kumano Kodo. One of the most important is the Iseji Route, which runs from Mie Prefecture to the three grand shrines of Kumano, in Wakayama Prefecture, in the south of the Kii Peninsula. John Gathright explores.